advanced search

Juan & María

Restricted Team

Make this recurring

start a fundraising campaign Send a Note

This couple, sent by the Paraguayan MB Conferences, are involved in discipleship and training for local believers, as well as ministering alongside national leaders.

Project C0651

projects

StoryChannel: North Africa Media ministry

Many people across North Africa have never heard the life-giving message of the Gospel.

Empowering National Leadership in Central Asia

Will you help to equip and resource national leaders for church planting in Central Asia?

Media Equipment for Ministry in South Asia

Will you help provide media equipment to bring the Gospel to a largely illiterate tribal group in India?

$1120 Needed

stories

Where Will I Go?

In many countries throughout Central Asia, there is a tradition that the oldest son in the family is given to his...

Pass the Oranges

We kept pausing to pass out oranges. Listening to their stories, we were overwhelmed with the horror of what these...

Questions About Jesus

People from all over Central Asia send us messages with questions about Jesus. They watch our TV programs and take...

Young Peacemakers
in the Middle East

What motivated you to take part in a peace camp in the Middle East?

Refuge in Jesus

Ahmad: My family is Kurdish. We lived in the northwest part of Syria until 2014 when we fled the country because of...

Clogged Pipes

In November, with cold weather approaching, we realized that the radiators of our new house needed servicing. They...

Snowstorm

Tariq was on his way home when he got caught in the snowstorm. He and his son had traveled by car to share the Gospel...

Surprised by Jesus

“I was born in desperate poverty,” stated Youssef about his childhood in West Africa. “When I was very young, my...

A Life Answer

Several years ago, Rahim and Jada took their young child with them and moved from their poor village in Central Asia...

Chansone
May 10, 1957 - March 15, 2019

On March 15, 2019, a motor vehicle accident in Southeast Asia took the life of a Laotian woman named Chansone, a...

A Hood of Shame

She wore a dark jacket with the hood pulled closely around her face, seeming remote and unreachable. Like so many...

Ibrahim in North Africa

Much of Multiply’s ministry in the Middle East and North Africa is subject to restricted communication, and yet we...

Gordon & Ali in South Asia

For more than thirty years, Gordon and Gwen Nickel have served with Multiply in South Asia in partnership with the...

A Surprising Gift

So Prove It!

During one of our prayer walks through our neighborhood, we noticed a small and obviously deserted Orthodox church.

Editorial: Multiplying Missional Leaders

In January, I was in North Africa hosting a four-day mission training event for local church leaders. The Church in...

Walking Alongside Ya’qub

A few months ago, a man named John contacted me at my home in Wichita, Kansas. I had never met him before, but John...

is this normal?

In the wake of the COVID-19 restrictions, these two sisters realized that they had inadvertently founded a home...

On Top of That

On a recent video call we heard from PK, one of Multiply’s national leaders in Southeast Asia, about how the church...

Never Forsaken

His forty-three years on the mission field saw the tragic death of six of his children, as well as his first wife. He...

Anchors and Sails

It was the penultimate “dark and stormy night.” The disciples and their teacher had finished a long, arduous day of...

Ladders and Wings

Tenzin was sent to the monastery as a small boy and spent most of his life as a monk. It was all he knew until, as a...

Arise

When he was arrested on false charges, our church-planter friend did not know that the head jailer was a Christian....

Munir’s Request for Baptism

Over the past few months, it has been a privilege for me to walk alongside Munir. Although he is a new believer in...

Born Again on Christmas Day

Rayan was a good man with a sincere faith in Allah. He came from a family in South Asia that was radically committed...

From Law to Grace

Ever since he was a small boy, Haluk had been fascinated by stories of Jesus. To him, Jesus seemed to be a character...

Musa in North Africa

Nasser al’Qahtani, our Regional Team Leader, tells the story of Musa (not his real name), who grew up being prepared...

Speaking my Language

I had been looking for purpose and significance my whole life, but it always eluded me. As a Muslim, I spent decades...

Brought to Tears

Almost twenty years ago, Youssef and his wife, Reyna, moved from the US back to Youssef’s home country in West Africa...

Touching Heaven Online

Irfan has been a part of leading an online Arabic Bible School for years, but recently he adapted some of his...

Sheep Without a Shepherd

When I first learned of the military coup here in Myanmar, I felt fine. The situation was so unfamiliar to me that I...

God Made Me Tuareg

Ansar belongs to a large ethnic group among the nomadic tribes of Berbers that live and trade across North and West...

Ghaith's Story

Still I Will Follow

“Music,” said Denisa, “is a powerful tool. It can start a war; it can also end one.” Multiply’s global worker in...

The Honey I have Tasted

Tibetans in the Neighborhood

Kora lives in a Tibetan neighborhood where she serves as a youth worker. It’s where she first encountered a Tibetan...

The Rest of My Life

West Africa changed me. It wasn’t just being in a different country or a different culture. It was because the...

The Duty of Love

When I graduated from high school, I went to university, and it was a new beginning for me. On our campus, there were...

Like the Wind

These people are nomadic, and that can make them very difficult to find,” the pastor explained, speaking of the...

Slowly, Very Slowly

Open Doors in the Middle East

“The visit was too short,” said Nasser al’Qahtani, upon returning recently from a trip to the Middle East. “There are...

Three Dreams

I was born into a Muslim family, though we were not devout. As a young woman, I was not interested in religion. I...

A Family Set Free

A family in a small village in South Asia was tormented by an evil spirit. One by one, each of them was oppressed by...

The Courage to be Gentle

“It takes great courage to be gentle.”

Cellmates

Our team of pastors in Myanmar had just left to travel from village to village, teaching and evangelizing, when we...

Abdullah

During the recent summit of the International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) in Brazil, we met and were...

The Cow Thief

“No one could stop me,” he said. “I did whatever I wanted, and what I wanted was for the world to know that no one...

Please Leave a Message

“We are still trying to get out, Karim. It has been almost two months now. We tried to cross the border, but the...

Come to the Wedding

“I was not sure if anyone would come,” Jaeem confessed. “My Muslim family members were still angry that I had chosen...

Toy Cars and Bananas

“Among other things, I also like to play,” said a worker in this region. “It is while playing that I am best able to...

I Hate My Name

Three Gospel Encounters

The following three stories are just a small example of our daily lives as we share the Gospel with the people of our...

Nader Finds God in Prison

Nader came from a very devout Muslim family in Yemen. His father was an Imam who taught at the Mosque and believed...

Changing the Channel

Hamza had been in the middle of watching one of his favorite television shows, when suddenly the screen went blank....

Ismail’s Journey to Truth

My name is Ismail, and I am from the mountains of Northern Sudan. I spent my childhood in a conflict-filled home and,...

Risk-Taking Obedience

Vision for Mission - March 2023

Witnessing a Miracle

Vision for Mission - October 2022

Responding Courageously

Vision for Mission - May 2022

Flowers in the Cracks

One day on one of my walks, I was thinking about students that came through our city for summer camp, many of whom...

As We Go

Facing the Death Penalty in North Africa

Conversion to Christianity is illegal in some countries in North Africa. If someone converts from Islam, they may...

Rain Song

Daily Prayer Guide - May 2024

Fama’s Hatred Turns to Love

Fama’s heart was full of anger and hatred. She had been brought up in a family where conflicts and tension were a...

My Tigrayan Homeland

My name is Temie, and I am Tigrayan. After I became a believer, I shared the Gospel with many of my people in the...

Every Bad Thing

Mr. Aditya was at his wit’s end. His wife was out of control. Every day, she would throw utensils at him, screaming...

Counting the Cost:
Surrender in the Middle East

Vision for Mission - February 2025

The 21

Vision for Mission - May 2025

Shrewd as Snakes, Innocent as Doves

“I have only three gifts,” Som told us, laughing. “Solving problems, reconciling people, and staying out of jail!”

R & M S - C0418

Russ and Marjorie are involved in evangelism, leadership development, and church planting using media, music, and the...

Lia - C0671

Pray for this worker, preparing to launch back into ministry among an unreached Buddhist people group in East Asia.

A & R - C0643

Serving church planting initiatives among the Turkish-speaking diaspora, hosting global workers and national pastors,...

Marcela & David - C0650

Marcela and her husband David work alongside a local French Mennonite church, doing pre-evangelistic activities,...

David & Sarah

This couple, based in Canada, resources emerging church networks along with the MB Conference in South Asia.

Sean (alias) - C0635

Sean is serving in Bible translation among the least reached language groups in Asia.

Thank you for registering with us.

Juan & María

projects

stories

other workers in this region